BlackburnNews.com photoBlackburnNews.com photo
Midwestern

OPP Bust Grow-op In Chesley

South Bruce OPP have shut down an indoor grow-op in Chesley.

The OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit, the OPP Emergency Response Team, and the South Bruce OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a property on 4th St., south west in Chesley on Tuesday.

Police seized cannabis marijuana plants, processed cannabis marijuana, and cannabis resin with a combined value of  more than $141,000.  Police also seized marijuana production equipment with an estimated value of $450.

A 32-year-old Arran-Edlerslie Township man was arrested and charged with production of cannabis marijuana, possession of cannabis marijuana for the purposes of trafficking, production of cannabis resin, possession of cannabis resin, four-counts of failing to comply with conditions of a probation order, and two-counts of failing to comply with conditions of a recognizance.

Read More Local Stories

Photo by Sarah Joy via Flickr

Owen Sound Library session gets cyclists ready to roll

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires because cycling season is officially upon us! If your trusty two-wheeler is looking a bit more "rusty" than "ready," the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has just the thing to get you back on the road safely.